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Maud Berridge (1845-1907) was the wife of a Master Mariner and she travelled with him on at least five occasions (1869 1880 1882 1883 1886) sailing to Melbourne with emigrants and cargo. The first occasion was 1869 just after they were married when Henry was Captain of the Walmer Castle and they returned via New Zealand instead of travelling east and around Cape Horn. However most of Henry and Maud's voyages were undertaken in the three-masted clipper Superb sailing from Gravesend at the start of summer and leaving Melbourne for home at the end of the year (the southern summer best for heading east with the trade winds and rounding Cape Horn). Record times taken from London to Melbourne under Captain Henry were 79 days (1878) 76 days (1881) and a final time of 74 days (1886). In 1880 Maud and Henry took their two sons (aged six and eight) with them. In 1883 they sailed on from Melbourne to Newcastle in New South Wales to take on a load of coal then on through the Windward Isles to San Francisco (51 days). Here they stayed for two months exploring SF and surrounds unloaded the coal and took on a load of wheat (in large bags) at Port Costa. They then sailed down the west coast of the Americas around Cape Horn and on to Queenstown in County Cork (134 days). The whole voyage took 14 months. There are also some photographs of Henry Maud and the crew taken in San Francisco and a photo from the State Library of Victoria showing the Superb at dock in Melbourne. Maud wrote diaries of these voyages of which one in particular that of the 1883 voyage comprise some 50 000 words. The book will tell Maud's story through her own words and through a number of relevant contemporary documents and will paint a picture of the life of a captain's wife in the Victorian era as well as aspects of society in Britain the US and Australia at the time. Her enthusiasm for new experiences shines through her writing.

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Maud Berridge (1845-1907) was the wife of a Master Mariner and she travelled with him on at least five occasions (1869 1880 1882 1883 1886) sailing to Melbourne with emigrants and cargo. The first occasion was 1869 just after they were married when Henry was Captain of the Walmer Castle and they returned via New Zealand instead of travelling east and around Cape Horn. However most of Henry and Maud's voyages were undertaken in the three-masted clipper Superb sailing from Gravesend at the start of summer and leaving Melbourne for home at the end of the year (the southern summer best for heading east with the trade winds and rounding Cape Horn). Record times taken from London to Melbourne under Captain Henry were 79 days (1878) 76 days (1881) and a final time of 74 days (1886). In 1880 Maud and Henry took their two sons (aged six and eight) with them. In 1883 they sailed on from Melbourne to Newcastle in New South Wales to take on a load of coal then on through the Windward Isles to San Francisco (51 days). Here they stayed for two months exploring SF and surrounds unloaded the coal and took on a load of wheat (in large bags) at Port Costa. They then sailed down the west coast of the Americas around Cape Horn and on to Queenstown in County Cork (134 days). The whole voyage took 14 months. There are also some photographs of Henry Maud and the crew taken in San Francisco and a photo from the State Library of Victoria showing the Superb at dock in Melbourne. Maud wrote diaries of these voyages of which one in particular that of the 1883 voyage comprise some 50 000 words. The book will tell Maud's story through her own words and through a number of relevant contemporary documents and will paint a picture of the life of a captain's wife in the Victorian era as well as aspects of society in Britain the US and Australia at the time. Her enthusiasm for new experiences shines through her writing.

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We want you to be entirely happy with your order from start to finish but, if for any reason you change your mind about your order or if your order arrives faulty, please click here to view our full Delivery and Returns policy including information regarding postcode restrictions.

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